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Public Health & Preventive Medicine National Review Course
Welcome to the 2022 National Public Health and Preventive Medicine Review Course!
The UBC School of Population and Public Health and Queen’s Department of Family Medicine Public Health and Preventive Medicine residency programs have partnered together to host the annual national public health and preventive medicine review course. The course will take place from November 7-11, 2022. This year, we are excited to offer participants three attendance options: in-person in Kingston, ON, in-person in Vancouver, BC or virtually via Zoom (including asynchronous attendance).
The course is an intensive review of the knowledge and competencies of the PHPM specialty offered annually to all Canadian R4 and R5 residents from Royal College training programs in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, as well as practicing physicians. Junior residents are also welcome to join, however it is worth noting content is directed towards more senior learners. National-level teachers have been selected to instruct the course which will include review and application of key concepts and examples for written and oral Royal College examination preparation. The course objectives align with the PHPM Royal College objectives of training. We have also identified entrustable professional activities and core curricula linked to each topic.
Session and topic themes were created from Public Health Agency of Canada core competencies for public health in Canada, the set of minimum competencies for medical officers of health in Canada, and a review of the American College of Preventive Medicine review course syllabus and the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Primer on Population Health. Our goal is to ensure all residents are familiar with this core curricula content and have a solid base on which to prepare for their examinations.
In addition, we will be hosting two in-person, optional sessions to complement the course content. Both will be offered in Kingston and Vancouver at no additional fee.
Emergency Management Simulation
This event will test participants’ abilities on topics concerning proper emergency management in a public health setting. An expert panel of judges will be evaluating responses.
Oral Exam preparation session
In this event, an expert panel will be demonstrating how to answer oral exam questions competently, as well as what to avoid during an oral exam.
Credits for Royal College Specialists
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Queen’s University Office of CPD. You may claim a maximum of 35 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Hours for All Health Professionals
This is a professional learning activity which provided up to 35 hours of Continuing Education
We look forward to seeing you at the conference! If you have any questions, please contact us.
Sincerely,
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Dr. Hugh Guan, MD MSc CCFP FRCPC Associate Program Director, Queen’s PHPM Residency Program |
Dr. Trevor Corneil, MD MHSc FCFP FRCPC Program Director, UBC PHPM Residency Program |
Registration is open to all Canadian residents from Royal College training programs in Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Registration is also open to practicing physicians seeking to review core public health and preventive medicine topics.
Registration services are provided by UBC CPD
City Square, East Tower, Suite 200, 555 W. 12 Ave, Vancouver BC, V5Z 3X7
Ph: 604-675-3777; Online: www.ubccpd.ca
Registration is now open. Please register directly through UBC CPD here.
Registration Fees
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Registration Type |
Price |
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PHPM Residents (In-person in Kingston or Vancouver) |
$650 |
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PHPM Residents (Virtual attendance) |
$500 |
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Registrants not in a PHPM residency program (In-person in Kingston or Vancouver) |
$1200 |
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Registrants not in a PHPM residency program (Virtual attendance) |
$1050 |
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Registration for one session (Virtual attendance) |
$150 |
Registration Notes:
The final day of registration for in-person attendance is November 1, 2022. Registration for virtual attendance will be available until November 7, 2022.
Registration is not required for UBC and Queen’s residents – you will be given further details by email.
The review course will run from 10am-6pm EST (7am-3pm PST) from Monday to Thursday, November 7-10, 2022.
AM sessions will run from 10:00am-1:30pm EST and 7:00am-10:30am PST.
PM sessions will run from 2:30pm-6:00pm EST and 11:30am-3:00pm PST.
On Friday, November 11, optional sessions will be offered in both Kingston and Vancouver from approximately 9:00am-5:30pm local time.
An evening, in-person social event will take place in both Kingston and Vancouver.
Final Schedule
A copy of the final course schedule can be downloaded here.
Additional faculty bios will be added as speakers are confirmed.
Alexa Caturay
Dr. Alexa Caturay works as an Associate Medical Officer of Health and Associate Director for Toronto Public Health, working with high-risk congregate settings across the City. She also works with a youth-focused mental health agency outside her public health role. She holds an Adjunct Professor appointment with Queen’s University and the University of Toronto. Outside of work, Alexa’s joy is mentoring with GEM, a one-to-one mentorship program for young women. She is also an avid but amateur gardener and a lover of all kinds of puzzles.
Trevor Corneil
Dr. Trevor Corneil is a public health and preventive medicine specialist, senior health care executive, and inner-city medicine physician with over 20 years’ experience in both clinical and administrative practice in British Columbia, Canada. Trevor is currently Associate Director Clinical Faculty Affairs at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health, Program Director of the school’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program, and a Medical Health Officer with BC’s Northern Health Authority. He is a Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine.
Trevor received his Bachelor in Life Sciences and Doctor of Medicine degrees from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He then undertook his residency training at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, completing fellowships in both family medicine and public health and preventative medicine, and a Master’s degree in public health and epidemiology. Trevor is a fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Practice of Canada.
Sarah Funnell
Dr. Sarah Funnell is a First Nations family physician, public health specialist, and clinician scientist. Her background is mixed Algonquin and Tuscarora and grew up among the Mississaugas of Alderville First Nation. Her Algonquin name, Minwanimad, means pleasant breeze.
Dr. Funnell is the Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa and an Assistant Professor in uOttawa’s Department of Family Medicine with a cross appointment to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She is also the Director of Indigenous Health within the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University.
Dr. Funnell was an Associate Medical Officer of Health at Ottawa Public Health until April 2022. She spent most of her time supporting the local pandemic response and promoting vaccine acceptance in Indigenous communities.
Dr. Funnell maintains her passion for family medicine by providing primary care services to underserved communities in and around the Ottawa area.
Liane Macdonald
Dr. Liane Macdonald is a public health physician in Health Protection at Public Health Ontario (PHO), with an interest in medical education. She is an Assistant Professor (Status Only) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She represents PHO on the five Ontario universities’ Public Health and Preventive Medicine residency program committees.
Richard Mather
Dr. Richard Mather is a public health physician in Health Protection at Public Health Ontario (PHO). He is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University in the Department of Family Medicine where he completed his M.D. and medical residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine.
Geoff McKee
Dr. McKee completed his Medical Degree (2013), Master of Public Health (2017), and specialty training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (2018) at the University of British Columbia. He previously worked as a Medical Health Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health providing support for the Coastal Rural region, Population Health, Indigenous Health, and the Public Health Surveillance Unit. He is currently the Medical Director of Population and Public Health at the BCCDC, which is focused on prevention of chronic disease and injury through supporting health promotion and healthy public policy. The PPH team also supports the centre with knowledge generation, synthesis, and translation activities related to population health.
Christine Navarro
Dr. Christine Navarro is a public health physician with the Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Team at Public Health Ontario. Before joining PHO in December 2021, Christine was as an Associate Medical Officer of Health at Toronto Public Health. Christine has a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa and completed her Public Health and Preventive Medicine residency at the University of Toronto in 2014. She is also an Assistant Professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
Barry Pakes
Dr. Barry Pakes is a Public Health specialist physician currently serving as Medical Officer of Health at York Region Public Health. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and is Program Director of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Global Health Lead for Medical Education at the University of Toronto. He also works clinically in primary care and emergency medicine in a variety of urban and rural settings. Dr. Pakes has degrees from Harvard, McGill and UofT, including a PhD in Public Health Ethics.
His other recent public health leadership roles include Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health in Nunavut, and Associate Medical Officer of Health in Middlesex London Health Unit, Halton Region and Peel Region.
He has experience working globally, in Northern and indigenous communities, as well as at the World Health Organization – where he led work on pandemic ethics frameworks. His main areas of interest are in public health and global health ethics, vaccinology, health systems coordination and public health halacha.
Jasmine Pawa
Dr. Jasmine Pawa is a Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist physician based in Toronto. She works as a public health physician consultant to a range of public sector organizations and is the President of the national specialty society, Public Health Physicians of Canada. She also provides Medical Officer of Health locum services, particularly in the North of Canada.
Born and raised in Alberta, her undergraduate studies included a minor in history. She holds a master’s degree in health policy obtained in the UK jointly from the London School of Economics (LSE) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She is an assistant professor with NOSM University and an adjunct lecturer with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
Her professional focus is on health policy and health systems, particularly at the intersection of health care and public health, and she has additional experience in public health ethics and qualitative methods.
Michael Schwandt
Dr. Michael Schwandt is a Medical Health Officer with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health. He has also worked with Saskatoon Health Region, Fraser Health Authority, and the British Columbia Centre of Disease Control. He is currently a local MHO for the city of Vancouver, and also provides region-wide public health leadership in health protection, healthy built environments, and environmental public health (including climate change mitigation and adaptation for health). Through public health programs, partnerships, and research, Dr. Schwandt works with partners including municipal governments and community-based organizations to identify and act on determinants of health.
Sarah Wilson
Dr. Sarah Wilson is a public health physician at Public Health Ontario, specializing in Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. She is an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and is currently a member of NACI.
Ariella Zbar
Dr. Ariella Zbar completed her residency in PHPM at Queen’s University in 2016. She joined Public Health Sudbury & Districts as Associate Medical Officer of Health and Director, Clinical Services until early 2020. She then worked for Public Health Ontario supporting COVID-19 case and contact management. Ariella moved back to her home province to join Fraser Health Authority as a Medical Health Officer-Medical Director in September 2020. She is the regional MHO-MD lead for the Wellness and Maternal-Child portfolios, and the geographic MHO for Surrey.
Austin Zygmunt
Dr. Austin Zygmunt is a public health physician in Health Protection at Public Health Ontario. Some of his currently active portfolios include MPOX, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance, respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions and public hospitals, HIV, and blastomycosis. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Course Material
All registrants will be provided with electronic access to the course materials by Monday, November 7th. To prevent unnecessary printing, we will not be providing paper copies of presentations or materials. There will be wifi at the course locations in Vancouver and Kingston to access the material online. Everyone with full registration will be given access to recordings for asynchronous learning.
Additional Resources
PHPM National Review Course Curriculum
PHPM Terminal Entrustable Professional Activities (Consultation April 2015)
Vancouver
From Monday, November 7 to Thursday, November 10, the course will be held at Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Blvd) at UBC’s Point Grey campus. The closest parking lot is the West Parkade.
On Friday, November 11, the course will be held in Room 143 at the School of Population & Public Health (2206 East Mall) at UBC’s Point Grey Campus. The closest parking lot is the Health Sciences Parkade.
Accommodations are available on UBC campus at the West Coast Suites. Individuals can make their reservations online or by contacting the UBC Reservations Team at 604 822 1000, 1 888 822 1030 (toll free) or reservations@housing.ubc.ca.
Information on places to stay in Vancouver can be found on the Destination Vancouver Website: https://www.destinationvancouver.com/places-to-stay/
Travel to and around Vancouver
Kingston
The course will take place at the Italo-Canadian Club of Kingston (1174 Italia Lane). Free parking is available at a large parking lot on-site.
Information on places to stay in Kingston can be found on the Tourism Kingston Website: http://tourism.kingstoncanada.com/en/stay/hotelsmotels.asp
Travel to and around Kingston
Any questions about the National Review Course should be directed to:
Kaitlyn Shannon
phpm.reviewcourse@gmail.com